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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 2776195" data-attributes="member: 45230"><p>Some world leaders, such as French President François Hollande, prefer to call it “Daesh,” an Arabic acronym that can double as an insult depending on how it is conjugated.</p><p></p><p>“Daesh” can mean “to trample down and crush” or “a bigot who imposes his view on others,” making the term a highly offensive one to the group, the<a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/09/words-matter-isis-war-use-daesh/V85GYEuasEEJgrUun0dMUP/story.html" target="_blank"> Boston Globe reported</a>. ISIS has threatened “to cut the tongue of anyone” caught publicly referring to it as Daesh.</p><p><a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/what-isil-why-president-obama-wont-call-islamic-state-isis-2213476" target="_blank">What Is ISIL? Why President Obama Won't Call The Islamic State 'ISIS'</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 2776195, member: 45230"] Some world leaders, such as French President François Hollande, prefer to call it “Daesh,” an Arabic acronym that can double as an insult depending on how it is conjugated. “Daesh” can mean “to trample down and crush” or “a bigot who imposes his view on others,” making the term a highly offensive one to the group, the[URL='https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2014/10/09/words-matter-isis-war-use-daesh/V85GYEuasEEJgrUun0dMUP/story.html'] Boston Globe reported[/URL]. ISIS has threatened “to cut the tongue of anyone” caught publicly referring to it as Daesh. [URL="http://www.ibtimes.com/what-isil-why-president-obama-wont-call-islamic-state-isis-2213476"]What Is ISIL? Why President Obama Won't Call The Islamic State 'ISIS'[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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